Penny Edwards

Career When she was 12 years old, Edwards danced in Let's Face It,

Edwards' film debut came in My Wild Irish Rose (1947). Edwards appeared as Nan Gable in the 1958 episode, "Two-Gun Nan", on the syndicated television anthology series, Death Valley Days.

In 1954, Edwards announced her retirement from acting "to do the Lord's work in whatever way He wills." She and her husband, Ralph Winters, planned to join the Seventh-day Adventist Church. In 1956, though, she appeared as Molly Crowley in the TV Western series Cheyenne in the episode titled "Johnny Bravo" that was released as a feature film called The Travelers. She also appeared as Sally Jo Beale opposite George Montgomery playing the title role in Wagon Train S1 E17 "The Jesse Cowan Story" which aired in July 1957. She acted as a guest star on various American television series until 1961.

Personal life and death Edwards was divorced from Ralph H. Winters and Jerry Friedman. Edwards died of lung cancer on August 26, 1998, in Friendswood, Texas, at the age of 70.

Partial filmography

1947: That Hagen Girl as Christine Delaney 1948: Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin' as Libby Mathews 1948: Two Guys from Texas as Maggie Reed 1949: Tucson as Laurie Sherman 1950: Trail of Robin Hood as Toby Aldridge 1950: North of the Great Divide as Ann Keith 1950: Sunset in the West as Dixie Osborne 1951: Heart of the Rockies as June Willard 1951: In Old Amarillo as Madge Adams 1951: Million Dollar Pursuit as Ronnie LaVerne 1951: Missing Women as Claudia Rankin 1951: Spoilers of the Plains as Frankie Manning 1951: Street Bandits as Mildred Anderson 1951: Utah Wagon Train as Nancy Bonner 1951: The Wild Blue Yonder as Connie Hudson 1952: Captive of Billy the Kid as Nancy McCreary 1952: Pony Soldier as Emerald Neely 1952: Woman in the Dark as Anna Reichardt 1953: Powder River as Debbie Allen 1957: The Dalton Girls as Columbine Dalton 1957: The Restless Gun (Season 1 Episode 12: "Thicker Than Water") as Amy Neilson 1957: Ride a Violent Mile as Susan Crowley 1957: The Travellers (feature film compilation of two episodes of Cheyenne) 1958: The Californians (Season 2 Episode 11: "The Painless Extractionist") as Little Sheba 1959: Alfred Hitchcock Presents (Season 5 Episode 8: "The Blessington Method") as Secretary 1960: Alfred Hitchcock Presents (Season 6 Episode 5: "The Five-Forty-Eight") as Miss Smith